Nashville Predators (48-16-11) at Winnipeg Jets (46-19-10) Sunday, March 25th, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB

Scoring Summary 1 2 3 OT F 2 2 0 0 4 Winnipeg Jets 0 3 0 0 5

Shots By Period 1 2 3 OT F Nashville Predators 15 8 13 0 36 Winnipeg Jets 4 25 15 3 47

Special Teams PP PPS PK SHS PIM Nashville Predators 1/5 8 3/5 1 14 Winnipeg Jets 2/5 7 4/5 0 14

Game Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/GS021165.HTM Event Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/ES021165.HTM Post-Game Audio - https://soundcloud.com/user-714921165 Summary PER TIME TEAM GOAL SCORER PRIMARY ASSIST SECONDARY ASSIST STR SCORE 1 10:09 NSH Roman Josi (11) (18) (30) EV 1-0 Just as a Jets expired and the teams were playing 4-on-4, Ryan Ellis fed Roman Josi at the right faceoff dot. Josi one-timed a shot that beat Connor Hellebuyck on the blocker side. 1 19:59 NSH Kyle Turris (14) (22) PP 2-0 While on the power play, Mattias Ekholm knocked a backhand pass across to Kyle Turris at the left circle. Turris fired a shot that beat Hellebuyck on the blocker- side with 0.3 seconds left in the period. 2 3:47 WPG Kyle Connor (29) Mathieu Perreault (22) Bryan Little (27) PP 2-1 While on the power play, Bryan Little took a shot from the top right circle that was saved, but rebound bounced to Kyle Connor, who lifted the puck over Juuse Saros and in. 2 6:43 NSH Ryan Ellis (8) Kevin Fiala (23) Kyle Turris (31) EV 3-1 Kyle Turris won the faceoff at the right circle in the Jets zone to Kevin Fiala, who sent the puck back to Ryan Ellis at the right point. Ellis took a slap shot that beat Hellebuyck over the glove. 2 11:29 WPG Dustin Byfuglien (6) Blake Wheeler (65) Joel Armia (16) PP 3-2 While on the power play, Blake Wheeler fed Dustin Byfuglien at the right point. Byfuglien sent a wrist shot towards the net that beat Saros on the glove side. 2 13:53 WPG Bryan Little (15) Kyle Connor (20) Ben Chiarot (11) EV 3-3 Kyle Connor gathered the puck at the Nashville blueline and dropped a pass to Bryan Little, who moved in and let a slap shot go from the top right circle that beat Saros over the blocker. 2 15:18 NSH Viktor Arvidsson (28) (35) (34) EV 4-3 Filip Forsberg centered a pass from behind the Jets net to Ryan Johansen in the slot. Johnansen’s shot was stopped, but the rebound sat in the crease behind Hellebuyck and Viktor Arvidsson knocked it in. 3 :59 WPG Blake Wheeler (20) Joe Morrow (9) Kyle Connor (21) EV 4-4 Kyle Connor sent a pass back to Joe Morrow, who fired a slapshot that was saved by Saros. The rebound bounced to Blake Wheeler in the slot and he moved right before sliding the puck through the legs of Saros and in. SO WPG Mark Scheifele would score the only goal of the shootout, going right down the middle then firing a shot through the legs of Saros and in.

Jets Notes • The Jets clinched a berth in the 2018 Playoffs with the win tonight. • Winnipeg improves to 5-0-0 on their current six-game homestand and have won six consecutive home games overall. • With 47 shots, the Jets have now had 10 games this season with 40-or-more shots. • The Jets have points in five of their last eight games against Nashville (4-3-1). • The last seven meetings between the Jets and Predators have been decided by two goals or less. • The winning team has scored at least five goals in six of the last nine games between the Predators and Jets. • The Jets and Predators have combined for 41 goals in the five meetings this season. • Winnipeg took a franchise-high 25 shots in the second period. The previous record of 24 in a period was set Jan. 16/03 vs WSH (2nd per). • The Jets scored two power play goals in the second period. The last time the Jets had two or more power play goals in a period was Dec. 3/17 vs OTT (5-0W). • Winnipeg improves to 3-2 in games decided by a shootout this season. • Winnipeg leads the NHL in points at home with 60 and wins at home with 29. • The Jets have scored a league-high 146 goals at home this season. Player Notes Adam Lowry • Lowry led the Jets with a game-high five hits. Bryan Little • Little finished the night with two points (1G, 1A). It’s his seventh multi-point game of the season. • Little Scored his 15th goal of the season tonight and now has 199 goals in his NHL career. Blake Wheeler • Wheeler had two points tonight (1G, 1A), extending his assist/point streak to six games. Wheeler now has eight points (2G, 6A) during the streak. • Wheeler is now one point shy of 600 for his NHL career. • With an assist on Dustin Byfuglien’s power play goal, Wheeler picked up his 100th power play assist as a member of the Jets franchise. • Wheeler now has 65 assists on the season, which takes over the lead in the NHL. Dustin Byfuglien • Byfuglien played a game-high 30:52 TOI. Josh Morrissey • Morrissey had a game-high three hits and blocked a team-high three shots. Kyle Connor • Connor finished the night with three points (1G, 2A) and now has four goals and two assists in a three-game point streak. • Connor has seven goals in his last six games. • With his goal, Connor ties ’s Brock Boeser for the rookie goal scoring lead with 29. • With his goal, Connor ties Ilya Kovalchuk (2001-02) for the second-most goals by a rookie in a season in franchise history. • It’s his 15th multi-point game and third three-point game of the season. Mathieu Perreault • Perreault registered his 22nd assist of the season tonight. It’s his first point in 16 games. Connor Hellebuyck • Hellebuyck has now won four consecutive games overall and five-straight at Bell MTS Place. • Hellebuyck improves to 27-5-2 at Bell MTS Place.